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Chicago Daily Observer | Obama and Biden Voted for Bridge to Nowhere
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Now that Alaska is front and center in the news again, it is a good time to catch up on a favorite story, The Bridge to Nowhere, using the Washington Post US Congress Votes Database. Though Gov. Palin originally supported the earmark spending on the Ketchikan bridge (“to nowhere), she eventually ...

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New McCain ad: “Alaska Maverick”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... with federal money last year and voted — together with Biden — not to shift the money for the bridge to nowhere to Katrina relief?

Captain Earmark!
Right Wing Nation — ... with federal money last year and voted — together with Biden — not to shift the money for the bridge to nowhere to Katrina relief? ...

Obama and Biden Voted for 'Bridge to Nowhere'
Little Green Footballs — ... Now that the Democrats are rabidly attacking Sarah Palin over the Alaskan Ketchikan bridge, claiming she lied about shutting down the project, it might be a good moment to point out that both Barack Obama and Joe Biden voted for the Bridge to Nowhere. ...

New Palin scandal: She billed the state for stuff she was allowed to bill
Hot Air » Top Picks — New Palin scandal: She billed the state for stuff she was allowed to bill posted at 4:36 pm on September 9, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly We’re late to this but let’s flag it now because it’s such a worthy complement to the last post. After 10 days of digging through her and her kids’ trash, here are the media’s big scoops: (a) she supported the bridge to nowhere before killing it , unlike the two tools on the other ticket who supported it consistently ; (b) she sought earmarks as mayor of Wasilla, the grand total of which was a fraction of what the “Change” duo has requested in its combined 40 years in ...

OUTRAGE! of the day
Cold Fury — Speaking of Allahpundit, here’s his pithy roundup on the latest smear efforts against the monster Palin: After 10 days of digging through her and her kids’ trash, here are the media’s big scoops: (a) she supported the bridge to nowhere before killing it , unlike the two tools on the other ticket who supported it consistently ; (b) she sought earmarks as mayor of Wasilla, the grand total of which was a fraction of what the “Change” duo has requested in its combined 40 years in Washington; and (c) she billed Alaska for per diem expenses to which she was perfectly entitled, including travel expenses that were roughly 75% less than the previous governor ...

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While Palin killed it.
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Obama and Biden Voted for Bridge to Nowhere — USS Neverdock
instead of Katrina relief. "However, Sen. Biden and Sen. Obama voted for funding the Bridge , even when given a second chance by Sen. Tom Coburn, who proposed shifting earmark funds to Katrina relief. Sen. McCain did not vote on the Coburn Amendment, though he is on record as opposing the ...
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McCain's Latest Ad-Spin...and Palin's Secret Emails — David Corn
Imagine if Barack Obama ran an ad touting his vice president pick like this: And Joe Biden was against the war in Iraq . There would be far-and-wide condemnation because such a statement would be a lie. (Biden voted for the blank-check Iraq war resolution in 2002 after trying mightily--but ...
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Several media outlets, including The New York Times , Los Angeles Times , and The Washington Post , that have previously challenged Gov. Sarah Palin's assertion that she "told the Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' on that bridge to nowhere," did not report that she repeated the false claim in ...